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United 8UUs, Fenrode declared on the floor of the senate that $3,00<V 000 had been spent to it* the Republican nomination for Roosevelt in the spring of that year, and he followed this with a resolution which permitted an investigation of Roosevelt campaign expenses. Penrose at that time succeeded in stirring tip a grant daul ofycrttielsm as to methods cff campaignW*a In anting a great many people to believe
that a great deal of money had been *
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now Is precisely what my attitude WASHINGTON, May 29. — The ,und for s : Mtor ' ter to lienator Clapp. ! ] Hiram W. Johnson, of California, "I do not draw the line against j arch-foe of large campaign funds, •it* and never shall. The conditions;* wag brou?ht up ^ $225,000 bv I impose sr* that the contributions \ , . . , ^ ;_ v __ shall he received without aay kind I testJmony before theaenates m et , of promise or obligation, expressed ligating committee today and one of
inadvertently;
or implied, being accepted only on the announced principle that making it has no end to serve except to assist the cause he is championing; and, secondly, that the money shall he th« j spent In honest fashion and only for
legitimate expenses.
EMseoaated Mmltatlea Pise. "I have no sympathy with the proposal to limit contributions to 13,000 or f 10,040 or any other sum. If the virtde of a party is so frail that It
improperly expended. Testimony was J will weaken If the contribution is laken and weighed and Mr. Ilooseveil over 110.006 it will also weaken If It
biinself. at the time, lssu#d a statement In which he spoke of the*heavy i-sp*rises of preconvention campaigns and gave hi* philosophy on the question of campaign conlributioa*. This year, when the senate cabal desired to smirch the candidacy of Leonard Wood, Me nut Ot Dorati made extravagant diclarstions on the rtoor of the *tniti< and he succeeded ju getting an in vest i gat ion. with a packed committee, of the Wood campaign expense*,.for the purpose of Injuring, if possible, the candidacy of Wood for the Kepuhiicun npmination for
('resident. !
tto«»e%ell's I,'baraeieristic View. in 1912 Hooscveit went on the stand before the Clapp Investigating coinrnitts# and tlcclarsd in his customary vigorous style that he did not care who contributed to Ids campaign or how much they contributed. # "Apy man that would believe he W ould get any considers Don from 1 making any conirlbuiion to me was either a crook or a fool.'’ declared tloose veil amid the cheers and ap- j
plause of the apectatom.
This year, Mena tor Johnson, who lias been making his campaign as the legal hslr of the progressive poH t ies of Thuodore llooscvek and who protends to have Inherited ail (he virile A msrlcanlsm of itoossvell. is oitcnipilng to moke It gppeaar to be »• crime for any one to contribute more than t2?d>00 to a nominating campaign. The I2i.fi(i0 limit la set because thst is th# amount of the lajpgsst coni rl but ion that has been
is $10,000. I am proud of the fact that there is at least a few men of wealUs who possess the farsightedness and] the generous understanding of the needs of th* time which make them powerful champions of the cause of the American people. I honor the man of wealth whose fealty to an ideal makes him freely spend his wealth to aid the cause of justice, no more and no less than I honor hia
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ROADS TO SPEEDWAy IN FAIR SHAPE, SAYS MELOy
Johnson's managers
admitted that much larger sums’ could have been used effectively had
they been available
It was brought out by questions
asked Alexander McCabe, one of Johnson's managers In California, ihat the stories of millionaire* on the Johnson list of delegates from California. w<»r* true. McCabe knew of six millionaire* out of twenty-six delegates, and of one millionaire on the list of alternates. Others might be millionaires for all McCabe knew,
but he was sure of the six.
Amount Raised In California. McCabe testified that from 1100.000 to $125,000 was raised by Johnson's friends In t'aHfornia prior to the primary May 4, and he said that about $20,000 hud been raised since. Of this amount, he said, from $50,000 to
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RECENT STRIKE HELD UP PART
OP REPAIR WORK.
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$70,000 was spent in California, although much more could have been
used had ft been available.
The expenditures in Johnson's home state was this large. McCabe testified, despite the fact that Johnson has a welt organized machine Pn operation there and virtually controls the Republican organization In the state. McCabe attempted to justify Johnson’s expenditure on the theory that the Hoover campaigdi had to be combated and the Hoover people were
•pending a great deal of money.
It seems to he the view of Johnson's backers that if it was necessary for) (other candidates to spend large sums to meet opposition campaigns in oth-i er states, the expenditures of the other candidates were open to suspicion. What Johnson spends was justifiable, according to the belief of Johnson and hfs backers. Senator Borah, of Idaho, wdio started the investigation. and others who are car-
Observers. Ten Days Before Convention, Give General Best Chance for Nomination.
Record Crowd Is Expected at 500-Mile Event at the Speedway Monday.
LOWDEN. JOHNSON IN ORDER;25 CARS PROBABLY TO START
Illinoisan's Friends Expect Him -to Experts Predict Faster Speed Than
Gain in West and South, With General's Strength in East.
IBj Richard T. tturhanan. Stag Corrr*pendent of Th* Indianapolis Newt]
Former Races—Prizes
Aggregate $85,000.
CHICAGO. May 29.—With the Republican national convention ten days away the opinion prevails here that the three leading candidates are Leonard Wood, Frank O. Lowden and Hiram W. Johnson, in the order named, though some ob-
The 500-Mile Race
(tare utarta IS a. m. butane*—.'OO laps of •»»* mil** each. Number of Tatra at*—Twenty-Ave. Nation* Represented—-Prance. Time land Italy ami I nited Stateo. Total T ae Money—300,000. Prize* to IVinoera—$100 a*mite; 3*0,000.
,, . , ... ... .divided among Arat ten to Anhth. a«Tbllo*r«: servers thmk it not improbable that sto.ooo. sio.ooo. so.ooo. 33..100. sa.oon. Johnson, on the first ballot, will re- $V?oe. Si.soo. st.eoo. $1,500 and $1,400. ceive more votes than Lowden. ,J,|> ♦ ,0 ° * ‘•o- $-0,000 awarded
BEST ROUTES OUTLINED
to the JuhttnoM campaign to
made
'Into. r Other tsmimlgna Neglected. Th# Invostlgataion of the Roosevelt campaign for the Republican nomination was begun In Heptember. 1912. with great eclat and much outcry and all the Ilousevslt managers all over the country were speedily • utruno tied to Washington, while other campaign* were neglected and overlooked. It was shown that H.aOO.OOO or $2.0')0.000 was spent In the Roosevelt campaign, if not more, for records were not kept and only the surface of the expenditures In HooaevtU's behalf was touched. It was shown, for Instance, that L>Su It. Hantla, of Cleveland, contributed $177,000 to the UooaeYelt campaign fof the Republican nomination. tieorgf W. Perkins contributed |113 000 gild Frank A. Mdnaey, New York publisher, contributed $n8.00i<, making more than $400,003 for these three men alone. Mummy In £ls New Tork papers la now decrying the pre>n vent luu expenditures. It was ► how n that $144,000 was speht hV Vtlllam Flinn. of Pittsburg, in the fort, to elect Roosevelt delegates >m Pennsylvania and. that* $127,000, $t least, was spent in Ohio, for which pe accounting was ever made. Th* Roosevelt campaign In New' Yortc county cost $$0,000 and E. E. Hooker «s a sort of treasurer for the Roosel#lt campaign disbursed somewhere around $144,000. J • 100,000 at Headquarter*. senator Dixon of Montana, spent tumewhere around $100,000 for Roosevelt vut of the Washington headquarters and he never accounted for any of It. for he did not keep! hooks on cither the contributions to • his fund or on the methW of die-! bursoment, Onnsby McHavg spent $30,000 hiring-lawyers to set up contests for southern delegates and he tnade no accounting of that money. * There were only two or three preferential primaries In 1912 and most pf the ineaey was fe spent in straightir.it rights for delegated. In the campaign primaries! have been held in many mates and much of the money has hern spent in that connection, one exception being $39,000 in the laywded campaign Jn Missouri. Pennsylvania hmd no preferential law. but l\ illlam ^llitn, who is now by the way one ftf the principal supporters of Senator Johnson, spent $114,000 to get Roosevelt delegates.
Roads leading to the speedway Have been put lt< as good condition as clrcumetances permitted. A. O. Meloy, city street commissioner, said today. Due to railroad conditions, the city has been unable to get si! the oil (hat was needed, and In some places gravel has been used which has not
yet become packed.
The street commissioners depart--merit has had only one week to work on the streets and roads, because too employes had been on strike for
higher wages.
Thee* Mala Haste*.
The three main routes to the speedway are In fair condition. Mr. Meloy said. These routes are: Out Indiana avenue t,o the speedway road, north of the Vail creek bridge; Indiana avenue to Sixteenth street and thenoe to the speedway on the new pnvell roadway, and the Thir-
tieth street route.
Other routes which will probably not be as heavily traveled are
West Tenth street, from Indiana avenue to Olln avenue, thence north to the Crawfordavllle road. Olln avenue Is unimproved, but Is in good con-
dition.
Sign* and Traffic Men. West Michigan street, from Indiana avenue to Tibbs avenue, north to Garden avenue, northwest Vo Tenth street
or straight
and west to Olln avenue, or straig west in Michigan street to Grandee avenue, and then north tg Tenth street and west to Main street of Speedway City and north to the
speedway.
West Washington
boulevard, thence \ out the
street to White HHHnpMH | .
boulevard to Crawfordsvllie road at Emerlchsville. or straight out West Washington street to Tibbs avenue and north, taking any of the several routes leading from Tibbs avenue. There will he signs and traffic men
to guide the motorists.
a.
ROOMS FOR RACE VISITORS
K«r the heneAt of speedway visitor* Keeking; room*, the ctasniAed advertising department of The Indianapolis New* will have an Information bureau in operation la the lobby of Tbc Mown office Sunday and, aa loag aa nrrrnsary Monday. Tbr bureau will open at S a. m. Sunday aad will be la operation aa late in tbr evening a* visitor* come. Every effort will be made to direct »ialtor* to place* where room* are suitable to the alae of the party and la accord a ace with the vlaitora’ dealren aa to coat. The elaaalAed department now baa listed about 400 borne* ia Indianapolis where room* are open to speedway visitor*. it ta expected that at leant doable that many will be listed by Sunday. The Hat doea aofNiaelude hotels, aa all betel accommodation* are taken by reaervatloas.
tying it through.
Spencer Startle* Commit lee. .Senator .Spencer, of Missouri,
startled the investigating committee, when he asked McCabe whether he knew of $100,000 being withdrawn from the Crocker National Bank, of San Francisco, on the night before the California primaries For use In the Johnson campaign the next day. McCabe declared that he knew nothing about such a transaction and insisted vigorously that there was no
such transaction.
Senators Kenyon and Reed, when the hearing adjourned for luncheon, were much irritated at Spencer for having the rumor of the Johnson slush fund put Into the record, although they have been cluttering up the record every day this week with tumors about large expenditures for
other candidates.
A verbal row took place between the senators and Kenyon indicated thgt the committee might put Senator Spencer on the stand to tell the source of his information in regard to the $100,000 of alleged Johnson
HENRY J. ALIEN WILL ANNUAL TRIBUTE fOR WOULD OMEROADS
NAME LEONARD WOOD SOLDIER DEAD GRAVES: FROM AMIA STREET
GOVERNOR TO MAKE NOMINATING SPEECH AT CHICAGO.
EXERCISES AT TEN CEMETERIES MEMORIAL DAY.
CITIZENS PREPARE TO FIGHT TO OPEN THOROUGHFARE.
GREAT PRIVILEGE- HE SAYS
NEW YORK, May 29. -Governor Henry J, Alien, of Kansas, who has himself been mentioned as a presidential possibility, will place the name of Major-General Leonard Wood before the Republican national convention in Chicago next month for nomination for the presidency of the United States. * The arrangement for Allen to make the nominating speech was completed today at a breakfast attended by William C. Procter, head of the Wood campaign committee. , Allen's Statement.
MONDAY
OFFICIAL HOLIDAY!ATTORNEY 1—
IS EMPLOYED
money.
McCabe said
The Governor later had the foilow-
he did not have the I in F statement to maite co,1cernin K the records with him. but offered to send result of the breakfast parley:
for them. His estimate was based, he "J received a telegram from Gen. fhl d hooks^ e * over j Wood, dated at Charlottesville, Va..
last night, as 1 was starting for my
the hook*
Mention* Hoover Campaign. McCabe declared that Hoover supporters in California spent “eight or nine times as much as we. at the lowest estimate, $300,000.” The witness testified that $25,000 of the- total of the California fund
was sent to the Johnson national headquarters In New Y'ork. He added that he had been In touch with the state organisation up to "about May .4. when the California primary
closed."
“Money Svas still coming in then," McCabe testified. "Rut we were in constant difficulties meeting the campaign of our exponents. Mr.
. . _ q|>po Hoover run. opposing* Johnson there, i friends, after considering
debate with Samuel Gompers, presi-^ dent of the American Federation of Labor. Although I have not yet replied directly to General Wood, 1 got in touch this morning with Colonel
William C. Procter. In charge of his pre-convention campaign; and assured
him I would consider it a great privilege to present the general's name."
I'erMonal Invitation. The telegram which he had
AUTOMOBILES NEEDED
The .Memorial day committee, owing to a confusion of committee data, find* at this late boor that it is without automobile* with which to convey the old soldier* from the Monument Circle to frown Hill cemetery, where the decoration of soldier grave* will take place. The committee n*k,* that forty owner* of automobiles call Harry II. Smith, ad-jutant-general of Indiana, at hi* office. Main ft4*2, Sunday morning before 13 o'clock. The automobiles will he for service Sunday afternoon and will park In Last Ohio street at the south front of the Federal building at 2 o'clock.
ceived*from General Wood, the Governor said, was in the nature of a personal invitation. It was to the
Graves of soldier dead in Indianapolis will be decorated in annhal Memorial day observances, held under the auspices of the General Memorial Association of Indianapolis, Sunday morning and afternoon. Plans for the observances, including a parade in downtown streets during the afternoon, are complete. The public schools of the city will be closed all day Monday in accord-
Possibly $20,000 has been collected
since to meet the deficit.
Contributors named by the witness
effect that General Wood and his Lance with official instructions issued friends, after considering the most j today from the office of Ellis U. Graff,
Included Herbert Flleshacker. $5,000: Will Crocker. $4,000. and John H.
Rosseter. $2,500.
!>tule-\Vlrte Solicitation.
* "The money was gathered in a state-wide solicitation,'' McCabe con-
tinued. Asked as to contributions by 1 present his name and closed by urgetate officers, he said: 'Charles R. iing Governor Allen to accept the inNeumiller. a prison commissioner, i vitation.
In making the announcement of his
desirable men to place his name be- superintendent of schools. The plan fore the convention, had agreed that j at first was to clorfe the schools onlythe Governor was the most fitted. Monday afternoon, inasmuch as Mem-
j orial day falls on Sunday, but the
Always a Wood Supporter. j all-day closing order was issued folWood-, telegram e.a.ed .‘’KSlr,?"’",
Business houses, public offices and . banks will ba- closed Monday. Most j of the downtown stores, except men's ! clothing stores, will remain closed all j day. The men's clothing stores, will
Genera?
that he and his friends reaiized the vital importance of the personality and reputation of the men who would
gave $1,000.
wni r. Wood
state educational
officer, "contributed active support! acceptance, the Governor said he had to Mr. Hoover." the witness declared, i always been a Wood supporter and
adding that out of five railroad com missioners. three gave to Johnson funds, and the others "supported Mr.
Hoover."
\ Regents of the state university also were divided in allegiance. Me- < ‘ahe said, hut one or two "gave possibly $250 or $500" to tntr - Johnson
campaign.
"A large number of state officials! did contribute to us," McCabe ,said, 1 "but they were not men of means i and they did not give large f
amounts."
Asked as to the assertion that i
wished to see the general the next
President.
Governor Allen planned to leave for Washington Sunday, where he will testify before the house labor committee concerning the Kansas industrial relations court.
A request that the city start ouster proceedings' immediately against the railroad companies occupying Alabama street from Virginia avenue to South street, was decided on at a joint conference of representative* of wholesale grocers, the East Washington Street Merchant's Association, the South Side Civic League and the transfer division of the Chamber of Commerce, at the Chamber of Commerce : Friday, according to a statement made by Tom Snyder, who was secretary, following the conference. W. S. Frye was chairman. Mr. Snyder said that Merle N. A* Walker, employed as attorney by the organization, reported that the Big Four Railrpad Company, now occupying that part of the street and the companies that closed the street by constructing an abutment across Alabama street, south of Virginia avenue, are trespassing. Mr. Snyder said Mr. Walker reported that there are no proceeding^ in the records of the City Hall of the legal closing of the street. Mr. Snyder said provision was made at the conference for the financing of legal proceedings to have the street vacated and that it was agreed in case the city administration refuses to start ouster proceedings, the organizations represented at the conference will take this action. Alabama street is closed by a contract entered into between the city and the railroads under the administration of Mayor BelL The same contract provided for the closing of New Jersey street. Alabama street was originally closed from Virginia avenq,e to South street by contract between the city and the Rig Four railroad at the time the old viaduct was built.
close at noon. Grocery stores will remain open until 10 a. m.. and no deliveries will be made. Members of
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STREETS OF BRIST01.R.I.
WOULD SUPPLY FOOD TO MEM BERS AT COST.
WILL VISIT WORKS BOARD
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TO RELEASE MRS. O’iRE
GOVERNOR DECLARES CITY STATE OF INSURRECTION.
STRIKE IN RUBBER PLANT
COMMUTES SENTENCE TO END IMMEDIATELY.
CONVICTED UNDER ‘SPY’ ACT
A large delegation from the Housewives’ League, of Marion county, will go before the board of public safety next Tuesday at 10 a. m. to file a petition for a stand in the city market i free of charge. At this stand the le’ague proposes to sell garden truck and other household commodities to its members at cost. The organization has 1,000 members. Garden
BRISTOL,- R. L, May 29.—Troops of cavalry and coast artillery were patrolling the street, ot Bristol today | the producer and members of the or
Where it is how shown that as much| $50,000 is spent iii a state where
DROWNS WNILEHUSBAND
the expensive preferential primary fvxtem prevalty the candidate that Spends tin money is held up by the Johnson men. heirs of the Roosevelt policies, so the* say. as suspicious and probably venal, j T
Vever Concealed
uni. any
buttons
Clapp
when he had been
Large
But Roosevelt never s bone* about the large co that came to h«m. He told committee right out that wished a special train, ft
necessary for George Perkins and nk Munsey to underwrite it or he aid not have gone, f He gloried the support pf the men of wealth hat rallied around him* and when he told, on the stand, that a sugar st lawyer had contributed Jio.nqo his campaign, Roosevelt said;
Bully for him." « I
Furthermore the sky was the limit contributiogs to l$oo*«veli. He i not have a»|y faithi in the efforts limit contributions { - ,
LEGION POST TO DIRECT PRO GRAM AT NOBLESVILLE.
WOMAN FALLS OUT OF MOTOR BOAT AT TERRE HAUTE.
•BODY IS STILL IN WABASH
lSpecial to The Indianapolis Nevsl TStlRB HAUTE. Ind., May 29.—. Mrs. Leona Taylor, age twenty-eight, was drowned today when she fell hackard from a motor boat into the Wabash river. Just below the Wabash avenue bridge here. Benjamin Taylor. her husband, who was on the boat with her. dived three times in an attempt at rescue, but the current, whlcit ia swift at that point, carried her away $nd the body never came up The Taylors lived in a houseboat at the foot of Ohio street, a n-hort distance from the scene of the drowning. The body has not been recovered.
MEMORIAL FOR SOLDIERS
{Special to The Indianapbtis News] NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. May 29.—Part
WASHINGTON. May »-
Wilson today ordered the release from federal prison of Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare, one of the so-called
“political prisoners.”
The release of Mrs. O'Hare. Eugene V. Debs. Mrs. Rose Pastor Stofees and others has been asked by the Socialist party convention and citizens in petitions to the White House. The
of Victory Way -will be dedicated in t socialist petition was given to Secre-
this city Sunday afternoon, following i tary Tumulty two weeks ago.
Memorial day exercises at the opera t Mrs. O'Hare was convicted of violahouse. Victory Way is a memorial j t i 0n of the espionage act., She has for world war soldiers and eventually ! been a t the Jefferson City. Mo . prison
will extend from this city down the! sjnce April 14. 1918.
Allison ville pike to Indianapolis. One hundred and fifty American elm trees have Just been set out on both aides of the road at this end of the line and they will be presented to the
soldiers tomorrow.
The exercises will t>e under the auspices ot the Frank Huntsinger Post of the American Legion of this city. No more trees will be set out until the improvement of the Indianapolis road, which is in progress, has been completed and then the ' local committee will plant trees to th# Marion county line, with the understanding that Marion county will bring a similar improvement from Indianapolis to the Hamilton county
line.
Mrs. O'Hare was under a five-year sentence imposed for a violation of the espionage act. She was accused of having, in a speech at Bowman. N. D., compared mothers who permitted their sons to become soldiers to
•'brood sows."
Secretary Tumulty announced that the President had acted in Mrs. O'Hare case on the recommendation of the attorney-general and that the action had no relation to the case
of Eugene V. Debs date for President
to prevent a repetition of the rioting that occurred yesterday when strikj ing employes of the National India ! Rubber Company sought to prevent
President j other workers from entering the
plant. Governor Beeckman has declared the city "in a state of insurrection,” and was expected to come here to Inspect the situation personNo effort was made id open the plant today, but it was expected that an attempt would be made to resume operations Tuesday after the holiday. During the night cavalry guards dispersed several groups of strikers
near the factory.
A strike has been in progress at the rubber works for about three weeks, resulting from a wage dispute. and operations have been sus-
pended.
Governor Beeckman in a statement issued in connection with his proclamation declaring the town in a state
of insurrection, said:
“The Governor is determined that violence shall get no start in the state of Rhode Island, that the personal safety and the preservation of property shall be protected to the fullest extent, and that all means necessary to accomplish these results shall be promptly used. No law abiding citizen will be interfered with in exercising his lawful right, buethe security of persons In their homes and the preservation of property will he protected with every power possessed by the state. The Governor
Socialist candi - j calls upon all citizens to aid in this whose release j emergency nd main-a! n the fair
date for presiuem.. w nose release > emergency no main.am tne fair also has been asked by the Socialist name of the state in its reputation
cetreeatioo. * for law aad order.”
ganization will do the work at the stand, if it can be obtained. One farmer has offered to plant anything the league wishes, the women said.
Delegation Member*. W. H. Hart, president.
Mrs. W. H. Hart, president, will head the delegation, which will include Mrs. William Allen Ragan, secretary, Mrs. Thomas Gardiner, organizer; members of the purchasing committee and others who wish to go. The purchasing committee recently was appointed with Mira. C. 8. Dangler as chairman, and the following members: Mrs. J. V. Van Voorbie*. treasurer; Mrs. Leo Lando. Mrs L. Grover. Mrs. J. S. Jordan. The decision to ask tor a stand on the market was made by the executive committee recently, and at the meeting a revolving fund was started, with $<0 in voluntary contributions. A meeting of the league memebrship has been called for next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in the Chamber of Commerce, w-hen rJans will be made for increasing the
fund.
Co-operative 4 tore. In case the request for the stand should not be granted, officers of the league said, the plan will not be dropped, but a room will be obtained elsewhere for a co-operative store. Similar stores have been manuged successfully by housewives' leagues and like organisations, in Kentucky, Ohio. Colorado and California, the women said.
Wood stands first in instructed delegates, Johnson second and Low-
den third.
The Lowden forces count on much support for their candidate from unInstructed delegates of the south and
middle west, while the Wood forces believe their candidate will draw heavily from the uninstructed dele
Jfates of the east in such states as
York. Pennsylvania and Massa chusetts. which together have about
by Indianapolhv businee* men and mannfar-
terera to leader* during rare. .
Areeaaory Priaea—$15,000. awarded by tna mi fact urera of automebite aee***erlae te
winner* u*inz their product.
Former Winner*—Ray Harroun. Marmnn. 1911; Joe Dawaon, National. 1912; dale* (•oux, Peugeot t9IS; Rene Thomna, Detaxr, tOt 4; Ralph DePalma. Merrede*. 1915; Dart* Reatn. la a Peuxeot. won the HOO-mile race In 1916: Howard Wilcox. Peugeot. 1919. Present Record—Katablbhed by Ralph l>e-
200 votes, or more than one-fifth of Pal»‘s In 1915. Time:* 5:S3:55.51; average the total number of delegates In the |89.HI miles an hour. .
convention. It continues to appear that those three states, if they stand practically solid, will have enough votes to determine the contest. It is the general opinion that Wood
has a better chance th in .< ty other I, on ,
candidate of gaining heavily from the
votes ot those states. •
i » pert a I or*, is 1914
Arc* of kpccdxxay—32* acre*. Scaling Capacity—HO.OqO apeetnlor*.
Capacity of Parkin* Sparc—10,000 car*. Total (estimated Capacity—200.000 apecta
Attendance—110,000
Doubt About l.ovtricu.
Indications are that Johnson will Owners—Carl G. Fiaher. Jnmca A. Allison
get very few votes from those states and that Lowden has failed to convince them that he could put enodgh vigor into the campaign, if he were nominated, to make victory reason-
Capltal Invested—$1,500,000.
and A. C, Newby.
Race enthusiasm is in high and hitting all around even before the clutch is thrown in to start the big
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states and in some of the most im portant states he has made a very poor showing. Also he stands below Wood and Johnson in the noteworthy straw polls that have been taken. Thjs fact, it is believed, is not likely to be gnored by the convention, for the delegates naturally will be influenced by a desire to nominate a winner and will not be disposed to take a chance on the assumption that any Republican candidate for President
can be elected this year.
It is true that several members of the old guard of the central states, including some of the members of th# Republican national committee, are for Lowden. though they seem to be lacking In enthusiasm. As a rule, the old guard, in line with the senatorial group, has been for Lowden or Wat* ten G. Harding In the selection of delegates. Wood has received practically no support from them Johnson has been helped by them In some states, notably In Indiana, not be-
cause they wished him to become the nominee but because he served the
purposes pf the machine to keep Wood from getting too close to th# nomination before the convention assembles. It Is assumed now by the old guard, as It has been assumed all along, that most of the votes for Harding ultimately wilt be delivered for whatever candidate the old guard and senatorial group decide to concentrate on. There is no Indication that Harding will become an Important contender for the nomination.
Wood Leads ta Delegates.
Wood has more irtstructed delegates than any other candidate. Johnson 'stands second in this regard, but It is well understood that many of the delegate: Instructed for Johnson are opposed to nominating, him. and most of those delegates are. at heart. Wood men. No doubt they will vote for Johnson for a time, though his recent efforts to use the senate Investigation of campaign funds as a basis for charging other candidate:*, particularly Wood and Lowden. with having tried to buy the nomination, has led some of the delegates instructed for him to condemn him openly and it has at the same time intensified opposition on the part of other delegates, for they see in his , conduct an effort to reap a selfish i advantage without regard to party harmony. Th y say It would never do to nominate a candidate who. In his rimary campaign, gathered such
in the seventh 600-mile sweepstakes for purses aRKrejcatinff close to $86,000. There have been many predictions that this greatest of all trophies will cause the greatest exhibition of speed ever seen in th* history of this >greatest of $11
speedways.
It Is expected that about twentyfour or twenty-five cam will get away with the starter's bomb and no less than eighteen of this field are veteran drivers who have appeared In former 600-mUt events on the same course. The others have had experience $ plenty at other speedways and dirt
track meets.
Speedway Trains Coming.
The largest crowd that ever attended a race meet here, and this means considerably more than 100,000, is expected. Special trains are en route to Indianapolis from all parts of the country, including several cars from the Puget sound district, the oil fields of Texas and from all parts of the south and east. Thousands of racing fans are motoring toward the city and the majority of these will remain In the smaller cities around Indianapolis
until the morning of the race" In order to get hotel accommodations. The local hotels already are full, but their population will be almost doubled by the use of cots. Many homes of the city have been thrown open to the
race visitors.-
The races on the local speedway long have been recognized as the
greatest snorting event In the world because of tne nature of the brick
course, which requires both driving skill and speed to keep up with the procession. 'On board speedways it has been a question of speed afmoat exclusively. On the Indianapolis speedway the fastest car frequently trails the others because of th* supetior driving skill of pilots with slower
cars.
farge support' from elements that
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The elimination trials were continued today and possibly several of the drivers who were delayed by freight shipments in getting their mounts to the track will be permitted to qualify Sunday. The racers will
DEBS HEARS 1 NEWS
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IS NOTIFIED OF NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENCY.
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ATLANTA, May 29.—Eugene V. Debs, several times Socialist candidate for the presidency of the United States and ru>w serving a ten-year term in the Atlanta federal penitentiary for violation of the espionage laws of the country, was today notified by a committee from the national Socialist convention that he was again named by his party for the title role in the 1920 campaign. Leaders of the party planned to hold a Debs rally here Sunday afternoon. Debs has been assigned to comparatively light
been assigned to comparatively light work in the prison hospital. He, appeared to his visitors in the prison
garb of blue denim.
In notifying Debs of the honor conferred on him by his comrades. James O'Neal said; "Comrade Debs: We have made this journey to formally notify you of your nomination
for the presidency !>y the Socialist
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party. While this nomination is mai,.^ by the Socialist party, we also know that hundreds of thousands of workingmen and women, and other citi-
zens. heartily approve it.
Devotion to Ideal*.
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—Local Forecast— Local forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m„ May 30: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature. Forecast for Indiana and Kentucky: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Forecoat for Illinois; Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday: slightly warmer new Lake Michigan. Forecast for Ohio: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Warmer Sunday.
—Precipitation— Amount of precipitation for twenty four hour? ending 7 a. m.. .0. Total amount of precipitation since January *1. 1420. 18.39. Excess since January 1. 1920. 1.98.
—Weather in Other Citiea—
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Weather.
“In tendering you this nomination, j we do it with the knowledge of your! unfaltering loyalty to the masses' and your unswerving devotion to Jhe j ideals of socialism. In the struggle! of humanity for liberation its advance couriers have often spoken from a felon^a cell. In the long roll of liberators your name has been
added to this glorious list.
"The felan of one age becomes an emancipator in the view of posterity. Socrates. Christ Bruno. Savonarola, Lovejov and John Brown have trod this path. History will record its judgment of you, dear comrade, as
it has of them.
••In an hour of passion and autocracy you spoke as they apoke You defended the humap mind unchained
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and the right of ungaggd expression <-ninL»*t You incarnate the best
Ideals
and traditions In American .mu tne hopes of humanity.
With affection too profound to express In words. In the name of the Socialist* of the United States and
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